On Tuesday March 3rd we had scenic sailing all morning in the Wachau Valley. This is an UNESCO Heritage site. We cruised by small villages, churches and terraced vineyards. This is some of the more beautiful stretches of the Danube.

It would be more colorful and lovely in a different season of the year. Early March is still winter and can be quite stark.

This was a confusing traveling day, I missed the fact that we had sailed past Vienna but then watched as we sailed past Krems and then while we were touring the boat came back to Krems to dock before sailing back to Vienna.

We docked in Weibenkirchen for a short time. Our final docking on this day would be in Melk.

This little village was pretty sleepy with few shops and of those shops, nothing was open. I’m guessing they cater to late Spring and summer traffic. On this day we were bussed to Durnstein for an hour visit of this village and then to the Benedictine Melk Abbey overlooking the Danube. Those excursions will be another post.

While we were on those excursions the Magna sailed on to Melk where we met up after our tour and had dinner.